KOVALCHUK, LUONGO AND LECAVALIER NAMED NHL THREE STARS OF THE MONTH

NEW YORK (December 3, 2007) -- Atlanta Thrashers left wing IlyaKovalchuk, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo and Tampa BayLightning center Vincent Lecavalier have been named the NHL's 'ThreeStars' for November.

FIRST STAR -- ILYA KOVALCHUK, LW, ATLANTA THRASHERS

Kovalchuk scored a League-leading 14 goals and added eight assistsas the Thrashers posted a 7-5-0 record. He tallied goals in nine of 12games, beginning the month with consecutive hat tricks against Ottawa Nov.

1 and Tampa Bay Nov. 3. He later tallied the overtime game-winner againstFlorida Nov. 13, registered a goal and an assist for his ninth multi-pointgame of the season Nov. 19 against Tampa Bay and posted his secondfour-point game of the campaign (two goals, two assists) in a 5-1 victoryat Washington Nov. 21. Kovalchuk leads all NHL goal-scorers with 22 andranks second to Lecavalier in overall scoring with 37 points (22-15--37).

SECOND STAR -- ROBERTO LUONGO, G, VANCOUVER CANUCKS

Luongo posted an 8-2-2 record with a 1.56 goals-against average,.940 save percentage and four shutouts as the Canucks (14-10-2, 30 points)climbed to second place in the Northwest Division. Luongo allowed twogoals or fewer in eight of 12 contests, concluding the month with threeconsecutive shutouts and a franchise-record shutout streak that endedSunday at 210:34. The streak surpassed Luongo's prior best (182:37, Feb.

21-27, 2004 with Florida) and the Canucks' record of 184:20 set by KenLockett (Mar. 29 to Apr. 4, 1975).

Lecavalier led all NHL scorers in November with 25 points (ninegoals, 16 assists) in 14 games. He recorded points in 10 of 14 games andset a franchise record with an eight-game multiple-point scoring streakfrom Nov. 3-19. The last NHL player to record as long a streak wasPittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr in 1996 (10 games). Lecavalier leads the NHLscoring race with 41 points (18 goals, 23 assists), four ahead ofKovalchuk and five more than Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby (14-22--36) andCalgary's Jarome Iginla (14-22--36).